they way to get a beer the coldest possible and the fastest chill. SPILL OVER ICE IN A COOLER OR A PAIL.pLACE THE BEER IN ITS SIDE OVER ICE. sPIN sEVERAL TIME UNTIL U FEEL THE CAN START TO CHILL.. Garantee this is the fastest way to get a beer cold.!!!!

quickest way to chill a beer is to cover beer in ice and cover ice with salt.

Fastest way to chill a beer (or soda, or any other liquid) - the same process that a factory that makes popsicles uses. They run the liquid for the popsicles from room temperature to frozen solid in about 2-3 minutes. I worked briefly in a factory that made them a while back, and I can't remember what they used for it, but it's some type of brine mixture liquid that flows easily around the popsicle molds as it moves in the assembly line fashion.

z69 is correct. At least for a cost-effective method worth your time to do.

The science behind it involves 2 principles:

Cold air sinks, not rises. Therefore, dumping ice on top is more effective.

Salt lowers the freezing temperature of ice. Therfore, salt melts the ice, but the ice (or water) is still the same temperature, just not frozen. Therefore, the water around the cans will be ice-temperature, but with more surface area, thus decreasing the time needed to make the beer cold.

Your method of putting it on its side maximizes the surface area. By spinning it, you will be creating friction and melting the ice, thus increasing the surface area further, so you have the right idea. However, it is not as quick. Your method only involves one side of the can as opposed to the quicker method. Also, the water that the friction creates will be cold, but not ice-cold. The salt water made from the ice would be the same temperature as the ice itself.

I only caught the very end of that show. what was the myth?

I know the absolute, flawless way of getting fast chilled beer.

By it out of the refrigerated section of the store.

[quote]I know the absolute, flawless way of getting fast chilled beer.

By it out of the refrigerated section of the store[/quote]

Flawless?? With my luck - the store's refrigerator would be broken the day I need the beer chilled fast.

The fastest way to chill a beer is to take a five pound CO2 fire extinguisher ( the one with the plastic cone), and place the cone down over teh can or bottle and give it about a five-second blast. Lift the cone, and take your ice-cold beer and enjoy it.

[quote]z69 is correct. At least for a cost-effective method worth your time to do.

The science behind it involves 2 principles:

Cold air sinks, not rises. Therefore, dumping ice on top is more effective.

Salt lowers the freezing temperature of ice. Therfore, salt melts the ice, but the ice (or water) is still the same temperature, just not frozen. Therefore, the water around the cans will be ice-temperature, but with more surface area, thus decreasing the time needed to make the beer cold.

Your method of putting it on its side maximizes the surface area. By spinning it, you will be creating friction and melting the ice, thus increasing the surface area further, so you have the right idea. However, it is not as quick. Your method only involves one side of the can as opposed to the quicker method. Also, the water that the friction creates will be cold, but not ice-cold. The salt water made from the ice would be the same temperature as the ice itself.[/quote]

Kudos. Informative response

I don't know if it will chill it fast but it will keep it cold all day without ice. We used to use a pale of gasoline. We would put the beer in a bucket and poor gasoline in until it is about 1 inch from top of can's . It would keep it cold all day long in the sun.

The fastest (scientific) way to chill a beer (the fastest I know..) is actually a patented device called the Cold Can , Can
http://www.newtechspy.com/articles06/miller.html
http://www.polysystems.com.au/coldcan.html

[quote]By spinning it, you will be creating friction and melting the ice[/quote]

the spinning has less to do with friction melting the ice than it does moveing a greater number of molocules together between the water and the can. It sounds like it would create heat, but it actualy works more like wind chill does on you body.

has my method of chilling beer the fastest way been put to the mythbusters challenge yet? will it be tested on tv? haha

There are many devices that will keep your beer cold.

But the fastest way to chill it (from room tempature to a colder one) would be a mixture of water, ice, and salt. This would also keep it cold, and prevent any other steps or devices, such as a CO2 canister or fire extinguisher.

It would be nice if the show is retried again using Peltier effect to see whether it's faster way to chill beer than using ice and salt

(Gotdirt's post for spinning the beer is true i also comment on it)

Great job with the series!! I love the show! Cool

I did how ever have a problem with the one episode with the myths about the fastest way to cool a beer. The original myth was that, if you bury your beers in the sand, pour a quart of gasoline on it and light it on fire, you will cool your beers down. I have seen friends do this and it does work to a more extensive degree then you proved. Where you guys went astray was where you placed the beers. You filled a fish tank like apparatus with sand that was room temperature. When this theory is practiced in the "field" it is usually done at night where the sand and ground temperature is far cooler then that of which you had used, thus cooling it more.

You also did not test a few other things. Firstly, glass. All of your tests were done with aluminum cans and bottles were not brought into the equation.

The second that was left out was the classic beer bucket. similar to your coolers, how ever the bucket does not have a lid. There is also another theory that i use quite often that works in relation to the bucket. This is spinning your beer in the bucket to make it cool down faster. If you spin a beer in a bucket with ice and water (& salt if you wish, as you proved) for 60 seconds it will be an adequate temperature. I guess the molecules rotating allow the cold to transfer quicker then if it were left still.

You'll probably have a laugh saying OF COURSE this response would come from a Canadian who greatly appreciates a cold beer, but how about cooling your beer in snow? If in the right scenario this is something we do quite often as well.

Another way is when you know you will be having beers in the evening is putting your mug in the freezer in the morning. Would this cool a warm beer enough simply by itself?

Other ways that people have tried are putting your beers in the river or tying them the a tube as you float around a lake, how fast would this cool a beer?

Other things that could have been tested were things like; Do beer sleeves or cozies really keep your beer cold for longer? Or what keeps it warmer for longer, can, bottle or glass? Or how about if you had removed the cans from the plastic 6 pack holder or spread them out in the freezer or cooler or wherever. Wouldn't this allow more even distribution and get your beer cold quicker?

I hope you take my thoughts and opinions into consideration and hopefully can put it on your new Myth Evolution or a new episode.

ok first off i want to say that i'm crazy... i dont drink beer and i like soda at the lowest 60* or so.... but aside from that....

i had an idea and i want some advice, similar to the fire extinguisher i want to take a 12g co2 cartridge attached to a piece of pvc with the beer/soda inside. by releasing the co2 through the pvc the beer/soda would cool off.

would it be better to put the 12g co2 at the bottom of the tube top of the tube or on the side? also should i keep the tube sealed or open?or should i allow a slow release by drilling holes in the sealed tube?

thx for any help i'll post back when i can make the device

Grabbing the top of the beer(can or bottle) and spinning it in a saltwater/ice bucket is the best way I have found to cool the beer in a hurry. It will cool it in about two minutes. I think it works just like an ice cream maker and it won't cost you a $30 fire extinguisher!

I'm pretty disappointed in Jamie and Adam's solutions.
I suppose they did it in a hurry and didn't have too much
time to go all out with this one.

I'd bet given a week, they can design something that can cool
a 12oz beer from room temperature to under 35F in under 3 seconds
without any of it freezing up.

I know I can.

The salt also lowers the freezing temperature of water allowing to get much colder than 32 degrees F. We did this same experiment in my chemistry class and we were able to get the water temp. down to -15 F.